For the first time in it's 175 year history Scientific American has endorsed a presidential candidate, Joe Biden. They recognize the importance of basing our actions on fact and science, and the disasters... continue reading
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Science fiction and science fact are often intertwined. As Kate Mulgrew took on the role of Captain Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager, she found a passion for space, science, and exploration.
posted by Ashenkase 4 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 81 views • 2:48150 years of very authoritative junk science from The Guardian.
posted by bobknight33 4 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 26 views • 5:24"There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.
posted by bobknight33 4 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 17 views • 5:30YouTube description: The story of Apollo 13 goes beyond a tale of survival. The mission also successfully completed a science investigation that is still helping to inform our understanding of the Moon... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 70 views • 2:46Michael Osterholm is an internationally recognized expert in infectious disease epidemiology. He is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, the director of the Center for... continue reading
posted by eric3579 4 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,286 views • 6:59From Youtube, "Dianna from Physics Girl visited CERN in Geneva Switzerland to find out what the detectors at the LHC are looking for, and dive into the fundamental question: what are particles? Creator/Host:... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 4 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 294 views • 14:44YouTube description: Why does shaken soda explode? Does ice melt first in fresh or salt water? This video features experiments that have been shown to me by science teachers over the years. Does... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 weeks ago • 997 views • 13:59YouTube description: It sounds ridiculous, but it's true. At the Cooper Union Foundation Building in New York, there's the world's first elevator shaft: constructed four years before the safety elevator... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 weeks ago • 731 views • 5:10From Youtube, "Anti-gravity is one of those controversial subjects that some say is more in the realm of science fiction than science fact with many physicists saying it's just not theoretically possible... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 5 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 117 views • 14:25We went inside this exclusive R&D lab to see an engineering marvel that's about to shake up Silicon Valley.
posted by bobknight33 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 82 views • 11:52"... It sounds like such an incredible fact. “Our own cells are outnumbered by our microbes 10 to 1!” I don’t remember where I first heard it. But I read it in science papers and articles by journalists,... continue reading
posted by ant 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,355 views • 13:23YT: Time to tell a story about idempotency, computer science, and the Night of the Multiple Orders.
posted by Fantomas 5 years 4 months 1 week ago • 43 views • 8:26"... I met Molly Burke a few months ago. She’s awesome. I absolutely love what she’s done on YouTube to bring awareness to living with disability, and turning it into ability. And her guide dog Gallop... continue reading
posted by ant 5 years 4 months 1 week ago • 90 views • 16:32"Ant venom delivery captured, for the first time, in slow-motion (1,000fps) & up-close video. The ants (and stingers) featured in this video are the Florida harvester ant Pogonomyrmex badius and the trap-jaw... continue reading
posted by ant 5 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 700 views • 3:31YouTube description: After landing on the Moon, what ever happened to the Lunar Ascent Modules? Turns out they were crashed onto the moon for Science! Here are all the known crash sites of the LM... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 273 views • 12:58YouTube description: At night, these parasites crawl onto your bed, bite you and suck your blood. Then they find a nearby hideout where they leave disgusting telltale signs. But these pests have an... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 1,273 views • 4:22